thankly

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English

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Etymology

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From thank +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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thankly (comparative more thankly, superlative most thankly)

  1. (obsolete) thankfully
    • 1608, [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, “(please specify the page)”, in Josuah Sylvester, transl., Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Humfrey Lownes [and are to be sold by Arthur Iohnson […]], published 1611, →OCLC:
      He giveth frankly what we thankly spend
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